Un matrimoni ja gran decideix visitar els fills a Tòquio i comprova amb tristesa que només són una càrrega per a ells. El viatge, que té com a objectiu la reunificació d’una família , es converteix, per contra, en el detonant que obre fissures irreparables i mostra dues concepcions de l’existència humana diametralment oposades.
Guerra dels Cent Anys (segles XIV i XV). El 1431, Joana d'Arc, després d'haver conduït les tropes franceses a la victòria, és arrestada i acusada de bruixeria. Ella declara haver rebut de Déu la missió de salvar França, però és processada i condemnada a morir a la foguera.
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Segona part de les aventures de quatre amics toscans. Durant dues hores s'assisteix a ruleta de bromes i desventures privades del present, que s'alternen amb flashbacks que narren velles aventures de quan encara vivia Perozzi.
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Kieslowski i la música de Preisner. El sentit de la vida i l’atzar. La determinació social i la voluntat. I una Irène Jacob màgica. En correspondència amb la programació del Palau sobre Masramón-Guinovart.
Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections.
Quan un magnat compra un diari i acomiada gairebé tot el personal, una intrèpida periodista decideix publicar al seu últim article una falsa i incendiària carta que porta la firma de John Doe. S'hi anuncia el suïcidi d'un dels empleats acomiadats. L'èxit de l'article és tan gran que el diari decideix crear un John Doe i, a aquest efecte, contracta un rodamón que acaba convertint-se en un personatge extraordinàriament popular.
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
En un petit poble de Gal·les, un pare i els seus cinc fills treballen a les mines de carbó i la vida quotidiana flueix pacíficament. Tot i això, les seves condicions de treball són cada vegada més difícils i els fills decideixen donar un cop, en contra de l'opinió del seu pare.
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
L'atzar obliga un pobre camperol a substituir el xèrif per escortar Ben (Glenn Ford), un perillós delinqüent, que és, a més, el cap d'una banda de temibles bandolers. Després de cometre un assassinat, Ben és capturat i escortat fins a un poble, per on passa el tren que l'ha de portar a Yuma (Arizona) per ser jutjat. Mentrestant, la seva banda prepara el rescat.
George Curtis, pintor, i Tom Chambers, autor teatral, que comparteixen un pis a París, coneixen al tren que es dirigeix a aquesta ciutat Gilda Farrell, americana com ells i dibuixant publicitària. Tots dos se n'enamoren immediatament i, com que Gilda és incapaç de decidir-se per un, decideixen viure un menage à trois.
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Quatre sofisticats novaiorquesos es reuneixen per sopar en una nit plujosa. Una història explicada al sopar dóna lloc a una conversa entre Max (Larry Pine) i Sy (Wallace Shaw), dos escriptors, que passen a discutir de la dualitat del drama humà a través de les màscares de la tragèdia i la comèdia. Els dos escriptors comencen llavors a improvisar dues històries, una còmica i una tràgica, protagonitzades per una dona anomenada Melinda (Radha Mitchell).